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Load storage equipment

US6846146B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateSep 3, 2002
Grant dateJan 25, 2005
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Expiry dateNov 9, 2022

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB65G1/045
  • WIPO fieldHandling
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

Load storage equipment according to the present invention includes rotary racks 21, each of which is supported independently on a story 1 or 2, and which may not extend vertically through the slab 4 between the stories 1 and 2. The storage equipment also includes a transferrer 51 common to the rotary racks 21. Each of the rotary racks 21 can turn on a vertical axis 22 and includes load supports 32 arranged circumferentially around the vertical axis 22 and vertically. The transferrer 51 extends vertically near the sides of the rotary racks 21 and through the slab 4. The transferrer 51 includes a carrier 81, which can vertically move to carry loads to and from the load supports 32.

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